The war crimes of consumerism and International Women’s Day

If consumerism were a country we would be indicting it’s leaders for war crimes.

And on International Women’s Day, the crimes of consumerism are particularly painful. If you think I am being a boring lefty, take a look at some of the examples. Lets start with stuff we think we need lots of … at the expense of other people:

There’s the Dongria Kondh women of India trying to protect their lands – apparently aluminium is more important tan them. And it appears that diamonds are more important than the women and their families of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, while oil is of more value than the Nenets women and their families. Finally, over the past four decades, the Awá women have witnessed the destruction of their homeland, the Brazilian rainforest.